SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

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 SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT – are
the activities and actions required
to manage waste from its inception

to its final disposal.

WHAT ARE SOLID WASTES?

A "solid waste" is defined as any
discarded material that is abandoned by
being disposed of, burned or incinerated,
recycled or considered "waste-like." A
solid waste can physically be a solid,
liquid, semi-solid, or container of
gaseous material.
-idahopublichealth.com
Solid wastes are any discarded or
abandoned materials. Solid wastes can
be solid, liquid, semi-solid or
containerized gaseous material.
-dec.ny.gov
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Solid Waste are also called as:

• a) Garbage: the term given principally to food waste, but may

include other degradable organic wastes.
• b) Rubbish: consists of combustible and non-combustible solid
waste, excluding food wastes.
• c) Refuse: the collective term for solid wastes, includes both
garbage and rubbish.
• d) Litter: odds and ends, bits of paper, discarded wrappings, bottles
etc. Left lying around in public places.
-smartranger.net
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EXAMPLES OF SOLID WASTES

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SOLID WASTES IN BOHOL

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SOURCES AND TYPES

OF SOLID WASTES
Source: What A Waste: Solid Waste Management in Asia. Hoornweg, Daniel with Laura Thomas. 1999. Working
Paper Series Nr. 1. Urban Development Sector Unit. East Asia and Pacific Region. Page 5.
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TYPICAL WASTE TYPES OF

SOURCE GENERATORS SOLID WASTES

Food wastes, paper,

cardboard, plastics,
textiles, leather, yard
Single and wastes, wood, glass,
RESIDENTIAL multifamily metals, ashes, special
wastes (e.g., bulky
dwellings items, consumer
electronics, white
goods, batteries, oil,
tires), and household
hazardous wastes.).
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TYPICAL WASTE TYPES OF

SOURCE GENERATORS SOLID WASTES

Light and Housekeeping

heavy wastes, packaging,
manufacturing food wastes,
INDUSTRIAL construction and
, fabrication, demolition
construction materials,
sites, power hazardous wastes,
ashes, special
and chemical wastes.
plants.
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TYPICAL WASTE TYPES OF

SOURCE GENERATORS SOLID WASTES

Stores, hotels, Paper, cardboard,

COMMERCIAL restaurants, plastics, wood,
markets, food wastes,
glass, metals,
office special wastes,
buildings, etc. hazardous
wastes.
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TYPICAL WASTE TYPES OF

SOURCE GENERATORS SOLID WASTES

Schools,
INSTITUTIONAL hospitals, Same as
prisons, commercial.
government
centers.
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TYPICAL WASTE TYPES OF

SOURCE GENERATORS SOLID WASTES

New
construction
CONSTRUCTION Wood, steel,
sites, road
AND DEMOLITION concrete, dirt,
repair, etc.
renovation
sites,
demolition of
buildings
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TYPICAL WASTE TYPES OF

SOURCE GENERATORS SOLID WASTES

Street
Street sweepings;
cleaning, landscape and
MUNICIPAL landscaping, tree trimmings;
SERVICES parks, general wastes
beaches, from parks,
beaches, and
other other recreational
recreational areas; sludge.
areas, water
and
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TYPICAL WASTE TYPES OF

SOURCE GENERATORS SOLID WASTES

Heavy and
light
manufacturing Industrial process
PROCESS wastes, scrap
(MANUFACTURING, ETC.) , refineries, materials, off-
chemical specification
plants, power products, slay,
plants, tailings.
mineral
extraction and
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TYPICAL WASTE TYPES OF

SOURCE GENERATORS SOLID WASTES

Crops, Spoiled food

AGRICULTURE wastes,
orchards, agricultural
vineyards, wastes,
dairies, hazardous
feedlots, wastes (e.g.,
pesticides).
farms.
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SOLID WASTE COLLECTION

• a crucial phase of waste management,

includes activities such as placing waste
collection bins, collecting waste from those
bins and accumulating trash in the location
where the collection vehicles are emptied.
Although the collection phase involves
transportation, this is typically not the main
stage of waste transportation.  
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SOLID-WASTE
TREATMENT AND
DISPOSAL
Source: britannica.com
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INCINERATION

• Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the

combustion of organic substances contained
in waste materials. Incineration and other high-
temperature waste treatment systems are described as "thermal
treatment".
-Wikipedia.org

• Burning is a very effective method of reducing the volume and weight of solid
waste, though it is a source of greenhouse gas emissions. In modern incinerators
the waste is burned inside a properly designed furnace under very carefully
controlled conditions. 
• Incineration can reduce the volume of uncompacted waste by more than 90
percent, leaving an inert residue of ash, glass, metal, and other solid materials
called bottom ash.
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G A R B A G E I N C I N E RAT O R

-wbur.org
-tribune.net.ph
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WASTE-TO-ENERGY INCINERATION
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ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

• Better Waste Management • Not that Affordable

• Less Dependence on Landfills • Bad for the Environment

• Savings on Transportation of Waste

• Long Term Challenges
• Energy as a Byproduct

• Uncontaminated Groundwater
-greengarageblog.org
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COMPOSTING

• a biological process in which the organic portion

of refuse is allowed to decompose under carefully
controlled conditions. 

• Composting offers a method of processing and 

recycling both garbage and sewage sludge in one
operation.

-britannica.com
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COMPOST PIT / PILE

-flickr.com
-manitobacooperator.ca
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ADVANTAGES
• Good for the environment.
• Improves soil structure and
water retention.
• Natural, organic fertilizer.
• Less cost involved.
• Anyone can compost.
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DISADVANTAGES
• It’s stinky.
• It’s ugly.
• It sucks up a lot of time and
energy. 
• It’s not a perfect fertilizer.
• It may take longer than you
expect.
-blog.gardeningknowhow.com
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SANITARY LANDFILL
• Sanitary landfills are sites where waste is isolated from
the environment until it is safe.
-http://web.mit.edu

• A sanitary landfill is a pit with a protected bottom where

trash is buried in layers and compressed to make it more
solid.

- conserve-energy-future.com
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-reputationmatters.co.za
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S ANITARY L ANDFILL IN BOHOL

T H E A L B U R S A N I TA RY L A N D F I L L

-boholchronicle.com.ph
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ADVANTAGES
• Landfills are convenient to use.
• Landfills can use the waste
generated in a city, town or
district and produce energy.
• Landfills can keep cities, towns
and districts clean.
• Landfills are relatively safer
than other waste management
and disposal techniques.
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DISADVANTAGES
• Toxic waste continues to
pileup.
• Methane is a concern.
• Dust, pollution and particulate
matter would emanate from
landfills.
-greengarageblog.org
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RECYCLING
• Recycling is the process of converting waste materials into
new materials and objects. It is an alternative to "conventional"
waste disposal that can save material and help lower 
greenhouse gas emissions. Recycling can prevent the waste of
potentially useful materials and reduce the consumption of
fresh raw materials, thereby reducing: energy usage, air
pollution (from incineration), and water pollution (from 
landfilling).

-wikipedia.org
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ADVANTAGES
• There’s an environmental
benefit.
• Recycling creates jobs.
• Recycling raises overall
environmental consciousness.
• Recycling reduces the energy
used to manufacture goods.
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DISADVANTAGES
• Recycling takes energy, too.
• Recycling can lead to
pollution.
• Recycling is costly.
• Recycling isn’t a slam dunk.
-smartasset.com
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